(Richard E. Swagerman) Are you wondering where to find the information you need to learn about and start using the real-time monitoring information available in the IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows product? This article sets out a path through the documentation that will help you deal with this

(Ember Crooks) Introduced with DB2 9.7 were a large number of table functions starting with ‘mon_’. Plus a few views and other interesting tidbits. The more I use them, the more I become addicted to them. In part 1 of this series, I covered the MON_GET table functions. In this post, I’ll talk about

(Luc Vandaele) I’m sitting here in San Francisco International Airport waiting for my flight back to Brussels. During the past five days I have had the opportunity to attend the zIM Tech Sales and Sales Bootcamp 2013, hosted in the IBM Silicon Valley Laboratory (SVL).

(Andriy Miranskyy, Sedef Akinli Kocak, Enzo Cialini and Dr. Ayse Basar Bener) The IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows data compression feature allows you to store your data in a compact form. There are two known benefits of this approach: first, reduction of storage space, and second, improvement o

(Henrik Loeser) Interested in DB2’s SQL compatibility and migration from Oracle to DB2? The following video is about a year old now and shows Serge Rielau moving the open source ERP system OpenBravo from Oracle to DB2.

(Dave Beulke) Companies are more stressed and looking for every advantage or differentiator to gain the competitive advantage. Working with Big Data is in IT fashion as a way to gain new insights from customers, suppliers and partners for delivering the best products, customer service and profits.

(Stephen Rea) This article shows you how to use subscription objects and the notification service in WebSphere Service Registry and Repository. A sample application shows you how to cycle a subscription object through its Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) life cycle.

(Susan Visser) Mike Martin may be the only IBM Champion with an album currently available on iTunes. Based in the Philadelphia area, Mike and his band, Lo-Fi Genius, recorded an album, This is Rocket Science, including the song, “George Wendt Lives in My Building.” After all, George Wendt really di

(Henrik Loeser) This is a list of acronyms related to DB2 pureScale (and IBM PureData System for Transactions). I plan to add links to details. Hence it is a work in progress.

(Troy Coleman) Back in October 2009 I said that, in the near future, all DB2 data would be stored in Universal Table Spaces (UTSs).